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£100 to spend at PhotoBox
With Valentine’s Day on its way we’re feeling all romantic. So for a chance to win £100 to spend at PhotoBox we’re asking you to email your best kissing photos to us at editorial@photobox.co.uk or post on our Facebook fans page.
There are three opportunities to win. The winners all get to spend £100 on gifts from our Valentine’s gift page including our new Lovebook. Plus all entries are in with a chance of fame by featuring as the face of PhotoBox on our frontpage.
Let us feel the love - send us your kisses today!
Photo by member Kim van der Grijp
Moments that matter
PhotoBox is proud to sponsor the Renaissance Photography Prize 2009, a charity dedicated to helping young people with Breast Cancer. This year’s overall theme is Moments That Matter, with PhotoBox sponsoring the ‘Moments of Emotion’ category, the winner of which is shown right. Congratulations go to all the winners. This year’s entries have been really inspiring. Celebrity judges Martin Parr, Eamonn McCabe, Charlie Waite and Brigette Lardinois have certainly had their work cut out. See all the winning entries and details on how you can do your bit for the Lavender Trust at Breast Cancer Care on the Renaissance website.
© Renaissance.
Here are a few of our favourite things!
© Alistair Scott
Alistair Scott’s newly launched book ‘The Greatest Photography Tips in the World’ is a title with a lot to live up to. Whether it offers the greatest tips in the world we’ll let you decide. It certainly does give you plenty of great little tricks to try, from focusing and exposure advice to adding a wow factor. This little book is ideal for anyone interested in improving their photography skills and all for less than a tenner.
© Tomy
Tomy’s Forget-Me-Not album (£22.99) is ideal for even the youngest photo fans. Instead of letting your little ones get their sticky fingers on your prized photo book, give them their very own child-friendly picture book to play with. This great little gift also gives you the option to record messages, which get played back when you turn each page. It’s ideal for filling with your favourite family photos and fun messages, making it a wonderful way to get your baby to smile.
© M.I.L.K
The Fresh M.I.L.K (Moments of Intimacy, Laughter and Kinship) photography competition has been so popular that the deadline had been extended to 28th February. The organisers are looking for 150 winning images to be published in their latest book entitled Fresh M.I.L.K: Friends, Families, Lovers & Laughter, which is due out this autumn. Send them your favourite shots for a chance to win a serious cash prize and be part of this very special project.
http://www.freshmilkphotos.com/
© Pass it on
Calling all your camera buffs! PhotoVoice wants your old digital cameras. This award-winning charity works to empower some of the most disadvantaged groups in the world with photographic skills so that they can transform their lives. To help them they’re looking for any working digital camera, or other photographic equipment. So if you’ve got an old digital camera and you don’t know what to do with it, here’s the perfect solution.
Events and exhibitions you won’t want to miss
Wild thing
Until 26th April you can catch the awesome Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2008 exhibition at London’s Natural History Museum in association with BBC Wildlife Magazine. It’s an outstanding collection of superb photos capturing a vast array of amazing wildlife from around the world, something that the whole family will enjoy. Tickets priced at £7 with concessions and family tickets available. One not to be missed!
©Stefano Unterthiner.
Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2008.
With our insider’s guide to looking great on camera, you’ll soon love the way you look in photos and have others happy to pose for you too.
Go on admit it - we’ve all admired how celebrities master the art of posing for the paparazzi. So next time you’re flicking through a newspaper or glossy magazine, take a peep at some of their poses so you can copy them. Equally educational are those less than perfect pictures when they’re caught off guard!
With formal portraits it’s worth taking a little time and trouble to get the right pose, as this will make for a more professional result. A good photographer learns how to accentuate your best bits and disguise the less favourable areas. With reportage photography there’s no emphasis on posing, so it’s important to take plenty of pictures to ensure you get some flattering ones.
Issue 1: Featured photographer – Annabel Williams
Issue 2: Featured photographer – Clive Nichols
Issue 3: Featured photographer – Karen Parker
Issue 4: Featured photographer – Helena Smith
Issue 5: Featured photographer – Brett Harkness
Issue 6: Featured photographer – Jason de Caires Taylor
Issue 7: Featured photographer – Sarah Wright
Issue 8: Featured photographer – Neil Bygrave
Issue 9: Featured photographer – Adam Lawrence
Issue 10: Featured photographer – Barry Wakelin
Issue 11: Featured photographer – Brian Harte
Issue 12: Featured photographer – Michael Molloy
Issue 13: Featured photographer – Jason Hawkes
Issue 14: Featured photographer – Gavin Gough
Issue 15: Featured photographer – James Cant
Issue 16: Featured photographer – Rachel Whiting
Issue 17: Featured photographer – Julia Conway
Issue 18: Featured photographer – Nick Clark
Issue 19: Featured photographer – Eric Richmond
1. Feeling reflective
Try building up a series of self-portraits using reflective surfaces whenever you see them.
2. Light ideas
Experiment with different light sources such as candlelight, firelight, tungsten light to give a different feel to your photos.
3. Impressive patterns
A telephoto lens can help accentuate repeating patterns and it compresses what it sees giving greater impact to the pattern.
I just wanted to say as with all my other items the small diary is fantastic. It’s going to make
a great gift for my wife.
Ian Pilkington
I ordered some notebooks for the children and they loved them.
Jacqueline Frendo
Just to say thank you very much for my calendars. They arrived today and I’m really pleased with them. The service was fast and easy to use and the calendars were excellent value for money.
Rachel Omissi
Thank you for the excellent service that you provide!
Rebecca Tate
Photobox has always proved the quickest online lab in our tests, with prints consistently being delivered the very next morning - even for large-volume orders placed as late as 4pm.
PC Plus
I reckon that tying in with Facebook will considerably expand the usefulness of Photobox’s services by allowing users to import their Facebook photos directly to Photobox and vice versa.
Tech Digest
Photobox is also blisteringly fast, with next-day delivery for print orders placed up until 4pm.
PhotoPlus
There are many book-making services available online, but one of my favourites is offered by Photobox.
Amateur Photographer
